"Mr. Ji, that child is... Miss Ji's daughter."

When Han Xiao said those words, his legs were trembling. Heaven knows that when he heard the news, he was even afraid to come back.

Because he knew how deep President Ji's feelings were for Miss Ji, how could he possibly bear it if President Ji found out about this?

Sure enough, Ji Yan's hands fell limply to his sides, a bleak smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. He felt as if he had been thrown into icy seawater, his blood almost freezing.

"ah……"

His frantic screams could not alleviate the pain and repression in his heart. Why be so cruel to him?

"President Ji, ..."

Han Xiao looked at him as he went berserk, wanting to comfort him but not knowing how to start, so he could only push the door open and leave him alone.

Ji Yan slowly walked to the French windows, her eyes filled with despair and despair, her last shred of reason shattered.

“Yingying, you’ve chosen the cruelest way to punish me. You might as well have kept your promise… and just killed me.”

He stared blankly out the window, suddenly feeling everything spinning around him, and then he collapsed heavily to the ground.

Han Xiao had been guarding the door the whole time. When he heard the muffled sound, he quickly pushed the door open and went in. He saw that Ji Yan had already fallen to the ground unconscious.

First Hospital, VIP ward.

Looking at the pale-faced man with empty, lifeless eyes, Ji Ze couldn't help but sigh, "If only you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

Yingying was tortured beyond recognition back then, and ever since then, he and Ji Yan have never been able to go back to how they were before.

But seeing his dejected appearance, he still felt a little sorry for him. He had already learned what had happened from Han Xiao.

He sympathized, but couldn't say it directly. He wouldn't tell Ji Yan about Buyi's background until Yingying agreed, nor did he have the right to do so.

"Ji Ze, is there any medicine that can make people forget their pain?" After a long while, Ji Yan slowly uttered a sentence.

"If I had one, I would have given it to Yingying three years ago. You wouldn't have had a chance."

"Did you already know about that child?"

"Ji Yan, so much time has passed, and you still haven't let go?"

A hint of anger flashed in Ji Ze's eyes, but he also felt particularly helpless. One was his older brother, and the other was his younger sister, yet three years ago he chose his sister.

But Ji Yan is also his older brother. Are the two brothers really going to be estranged for the rest of their lives?

Only if he can completely let go of Yingying can his family possibly return to normal.

"You've never truly loved anyone, so how could you understand how I feel right now? I want to kill Mo Shiyan, but I don't dare. I'm afraid of Yingying..."

She was afraid that she had already fallen in love with Mo Shiyan.

On one hand, he hopes she can be happy, but on the other hand, he can't let her go. This fatal contradiction is driving him crazy.

"If you really can't let go... then you need to be sincere and genuine, and perhaps there will be a turning point in the future."

After hesitating for a long time, Ji Ze finally said these words to Ji Yan. He could see that Yingying couldn't fall in love with anyone else because of him.

If possible, he didn't want her to be a single mother raising her child alone for the rest of her life; that would be too cruel for her.

"You mean... I still have a chance?" Ji Yan raised his head in a daze, and a glimmer of light gradually appeared in his eyes, which were filled with despair.

"That's all I have to say. Whether you go or not is your own business, and I can't interfere. Han Xiao, take good care of him. I still need to make rounds in other wards."

After Ji Ze left, Ji Yan fell into deep thought again, while Han Xiao sat silently on the sofa, not daring to disturb him.

An hour later, Ji Yan finally spoke, "Han Xiao, notify the branch office in Country A that the acting president will be demoted to vice president, and I will take over as president."

"Ah!" Han Xiao didn't react for a moment. Did President Ji mean that he was going to leave the head office and become the president of a branch office?

"President Ji, what about the head office?"

"Minor matters will be handled by others; I'll rush back if they can't be handled."

He had thought it through. If it weren't for Yingying, he would never have had anyone else in this life. So he decided to let go and try again.

As for that child, he will treat her as his own daughter and will never let her suffer the slightest grievance.

As long as Yingying can forgive him, he will do whatever she asks him to do without hesitation.

"Okay, Mr. Ji, I'll make the arrangements. When shall we head to Country A?"

"tonight."

"..." Is it in such a hurry? Han Xiao silently asked himself. Even the donkeys in the production team can rest for a while, but he can't.

After giving a brief explanation to Grandpa Ji, Ji Yan and Han Xiao arrived in Country A that evening and checked into a villa they had bought temporarily, which was only a five-minute walk from the Lu family's residence.

The villa is predominantly gray, with a simple yet elegant decor, which is Ji Yan's preferred style, given that she may be staying there for quite some time.

As soon as Ji Yan entered the villa, he turned to Han Xiao beside him and instructed, "Go and find a way to get Lu Qing and Madam Lu away. I need to go to the hospital."

Han Xiao, who hadn't even finished unloading his luggage, was dumbfounded. "President Ji, I'm not made of steel, I have flesh and blood."

"Salary tripled."

"President Ji, I can go for three days and three nights without rest. I'll go right now."

Hospital.

Lu Qing went to the balcony to answer a phone call, and when he came back, his expression was somewhat serious. "Chang Huan, we have to go to Country Z."

Although Xia Changhuan didn't know what had happened, he could tell from the man's expression that things were definitely not simple. "Okay, let's talk as we walk."

Her intuition told her that it must have happened twenty years ago and that it was related to the Ji family. She couldn't let Sui Sui know about this, so she could only ask after she left.

"Dad, Mom, where are you going?" Ji Fuying walked over carrying Buyi.

"Dad has something to take care of, so I've asked Lu Ang to come back and help you take care of Buyi." Lu Qing touched Buyi's little face; her fever had subsided, and he believed she would be discharged from the hospital soon.

"No need, Buyi is much better now, maybe she can go home in the next day or the day after."

"That's fine. If anything happens, just call your older brother. Mom and Dad might not be able to get back so quickly." Xia Changhuan kissed Buyi's forehead reluctantly.

"Buyi, Grandma has to leave for a while. You have to be a good girl and wait for Grandma to come back, okay?"

For more than a year, while Sui Sui was busy preparing for the company's affairs, Buyi had practically grown up alongside her and they had never been apart.

She was really reluctant to be separated from her for so long, so she took her from Ji Fuying's arms and affectionately rubbed her forehead against hers.

Meanwhile, Ji Yan had already received news that Lu Qing and his wife were about to leave Country A.